Spoon and fork



W. S. WARREN SPOON AND FORK Feb. 9, 1937.

Filed June 4, 1956 MYM H fiery/1 9 ya l ate'ntecl Feb. 9, 1937 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE R. Wallace & Sons Wallingford, Conn., necticutManufacturing Company, a corporation of Con- Application June 4, 1936,Serial No. 83,483

8 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in the handles of spoons andforks and kindred articles, the object being to produce, at a low costfor manufacture, superior spoon and fork handles and like articles ofstriking novelty, and exceptional richness of appearance.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a handle for spoons,forks and the like having one face of its tip embossed and turned overupon itself, whereby part of its embossed portion appears upon one faceof the handle and the other part upon the opposite face thereof.

My invention further consists in a handle for spoons, forks and the likehaving the rear face of its tip embossed and turned over upon itself,whereby a part of its embossed portion appears upon the front face ofthe handle and its remaining portion upon the rear face thereof.

My invention further consists in a handle for spoons, forks and the likehaving the front and rear faces of its tip embossed and the tip foldedover upon itself, whereby a part of its embossed portion appears on thefront face of the handle, a part on the rear face of the handle, and apart on the extreme end or edge of the handle-tip.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a spoonblank formed in accordancewith my invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a broken view of the rear face of the handle;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the handletip on the line 44 of Fig.1;

Fig. 5 is a broken view of the handle showing the partial folding of itstip from rear to front upon itself;

Fig. 6 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 11 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a front face view of the completed spoon, with the embossedtip of its handle folded over upon itself and pressed down upon thefront face of the handle thereof;

Fig. 9 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view of the rear face of the handle;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional view on the line ll-H of Fig. 8,showing the embossed end of the handle folded upon itself; and

Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional view on the line I2-I2 of Fig. 8.

As herein shown, my invention is applied to a spoon handle, though it isequally applicable to the handles of forks and the like. The handletipI5 is shaped in outline to suit the character 'of the handle from frontto rear.

of its embossed ornamentation, whatever that may be. As shown, its rearface is embossed by suitable dies in a design of symmetrical fan-likeribs l6, of which the tapering central rib presents a superimposed lineof small beads or pearls IT. The roots, so to speak, of the ribs I 6merge into the rear face of the handle-tip, while their outer ends aredifferentiated in length so as to produce a. symmetrical stepped effect.

When the tip of the handle, so embossed or struck 10 upon its rear face,is folded upward and forward upon itself as at 18, the described designcarries continuously forward in a roll from the rear face of the handleover upon the front face thereof,

whereby part of the ribs l6 appears upon the 15 back of the handle andthe remaining part thereof upon the front of the handle in continuouslines. In the design shown, the tip of the handle presents a continuousline of beads or pearls I! which may be said to climb over the very tipThe folded tip is now forced downward as at I8 so as to make directcontact along its edges as at l9 with the front face of the handle,which is slightly hollowed out as at 20 to insure the line-contact ofthe edges of the folded tip I5 with the front face of the handle as at l9, as described. A sealed bulbous end having the appearance of a solidmass at the end of the handle is thus formed,

contributing to the novelty and beauty of the handle, making it easy toclean, avoiding any opportunity of catching napery, and making thehandle perfectly sanitary.

By providing the rear face of the tip of the handle in the blank formthereof with embossing and then turning the embossed tip over to makecontact with the front face of the handle, the embossed design is giventhe effect of starting from the back of the handle and continuing overthe extreme end of the handle into the front face thereof, whereby theend of the handle-tip proper is thickened and greatly enriched. Bypreference, the front of the handle will also be embossed on either sideof the folded tip so as to still further heighten the richness of thedesign. Preferably and as shown, the embossing on the front face of thehandle will harmonize with the embossed folded-over tip thereof, thoughthis is not necessary.

By means of my invention, under which the ornamentation of the handlesis produced by a single die, I am enabled to produce effects ofundercutting such as shown particularly in Figs. 7 and 12, and ofbeading as shown in Fig. 11. A

continuous design running from the rear to the 40 e: the handle to forcethe edges of the overhangfront face of the handle-tip and over theextreme end thereof, such as achieved by my invention, is not feasibleunder common practice. I am, therefore, by my invention enabled tosecure with one embossing die effects which could not be sebracedtherein Iclaim:

1. A handle for spoons, forks and the like having the rear face of itstip embossed and turned over into contact with the front face of the;handle near the outer end thereof, whereby a part of its embossedportion appears upon the front face of the handle and its remaining portion upon the rear face thereof. 7

' forks and the like, consisting in embossing the a rear face of thehandle-tip by the use of a single 2. A handle for spoons, forks and thelike having the rear faces of its tip embossed and the tip turned overinto contact with the front face of the handle near the outer endthereof, whereby a part of its embossed portion appears on the frontface of the handle, a part on the rear face of the handle, and apart onthe extreme end' ,or edge of the handle-tip.

" 3. A method of producing'handles for spoons,

die and then folding the embossed tip over the front face of the handlenear the outer end thereof so as toproduce a continuous design runningover the extreme end of the tip, and then pressing the folded end of thetip down upon the face ing embossed end of the tip into contact with thefront face of the handle near the end thereof.

4. A method of producing handles for spoons, forks and the like,consisting in embossing the rear face of a handle-tip by the use of asingle die and then folding the embossed tip from rear to front overupon the outer face of the handle, so as to produce a continuous designrunning over the extreme end of the handle-tip and then pressing thefolded end of the. tip down upon the front face of the handle. 7

5. A method of producing handles for spoons and the like consisting inembossing the rear face of a handle-tip by the use of a single die, thenfolding the embossed tip over upon the opposite face of the handle so asto produce a continuous design running over the extreme end of the tipand then forcing the folded end of the tip down upon the adjacent faceof the handle to form a sealed bulbous end thereat having the appearanceof a solid mass. s

s ,6. A handle for spoons, forks and the like having one face of its tipembossed and turned directly over upon its other face to form a knoblikeembossed handle-tip of double thickness,

whereby part of the embossed portion of the tip' appears upon one faceof the handle and the other part upon the opposite face thereof. r

'7. A handle for spoons, forks and the like having one face of its tipembossed and turned directly over upon its other face to form a knoblikeembossed handle-tip of double thickness.

8. A method of producing handles for spoons, forks and the like,consisting in embossing one face of the handle-tip by the use of asingle, die

and then folding the embossed tip over upon the other face of thehandleinto contact therewith so as to produce a knob-like embossed handle-tipof double thickness. a WILLIAM S. WARREN.

